Letter: By gun advocates' logic, RPGs should be legal

Apr. 13, 2013

Gun advocates who cite Second Amendment rights in arguing against limiting the capacity of clips seem to believe that the amendment forbids the government from making any restrictions at all on weapons owned by individual citizens. If they really believe this, they should be working to overturn the tight restrictions on ownership of fully automatic guns (machine guns).

By their logic, I suppose RPGs should be legal. Maybe it’s the words “well regulated militia” in the amendment that have led the courts to allow restrictions on machine guns to stand. Where to draw the line between 10-round capacity clips and RPGs is not specified in the Second Amendment or anywhere else in the Constitution. It is more a matter of our government (controlled by us through elections) providing for the common good and welfare of the people.